Thanks for starting it. I was an airplane nut as a kid, built so many models it drove my parents crazy, then went into the Navy as a jet mechanic and saw it for real...:)
I LOVE talking with aviation enthusiasts...
I built hundreds of model aircraft as a kid...I had an entire air force hanging from my ceiling..My dad in in the 8th AF in WW II..pilot..he dropped out of college in 39..signed up..he was stationed in Iceland from 40-42...he flew the C-47..they flew the unarmed U-boat suppression flights over the convoys..he dropped Pathfinders just before D-Day..was shot down on D day...made it back..